Opinions and Speculations

[Stoat]

I think the Tau developments are good, but might have been phased in at a steady pace, rather than the bulk change that's happening. Life in Bretonia is really going to get interesting.

I'm not at all bothered about the Liberty-Rheinland war. It's not something any of my characters get involved in.

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[Jansen]

The Tau stuff is a great idea in my eyes.

Rheinland will gain the upper hand.

Nomad gates, even if the secret cow system could be interesting too.

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[SeaFalcon]

The tau story is great.

The liberty vs Rheinland war is 'maybe' going to give Gallia a role.
Since there are rumors about a trade treaty with gallia and rheinland.
If liberty gains the upper hand and rheinland needs new goods to be able to stand against Liberty. So if the trade treaty gets through the battle can swift from sides to side.

[Syrus]

I know, it's not going to happen but...

Liberty and Rheinland have a very big battle, where they both lose massive amounts of their fleets, a peace treaty is being signd due to the stagnation of the war. When the Rheinland Military forces are weakend and the peace treaty stopped the war the hessians (etc) overthrow the Rheinland government. That leads to an attack of the corsairs against the hessians in the Omegas.

Or something like that... *looks around* Who knows...

No...no. I believe it's going to end up in another way...But, I won't guess about it now.

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[Fletcher]

The recent storyline update is rather interesting. I see what King Charles XI did there too, trying to gain the moral high ground with the "You abandonded us to die material." Much like the Czechs during the buildup to WWII.

Still, that is very clever leadership by the Gallian leader, instill confusion, and attempt to splinter opposition to themselves. But, outrightly demanding the surrender and outright puppetization of the Bretonian House may as well be a complete decleration of war. So, thats what is going to happen anyway, the Bretonians would never surrender until their entire military is battered. But it is getting closer, without Gallia getting involved.

With Gallia looking to scrap with Liberty, these events would be key for the entire Sirius sector. Liberty as it is even in the vanilla lore, attempted to 'get a headstart' in Sirius by launching early, and now the speculation of them being co-conspiritors to genocide in Sol is going to make things very bad domestically. But what Rheinland will do is fundamental. Will they push the initiative and batter the southern sectors while Gallia inevitably encroaches the northern, and possible western sectors? Or will they sign a treaty with Liberty to end all hostilities and take up arms against the Gallians?

What of Kusari? With the coup at the highest levels, I expect to see a lot of dissent and splinter groups forming, and not only that, if things get too far, a bigger civil war. One that the Blood Dragons and GC would gladly jump in on. Although I am dissapointed that the Blood Dragons didn't directly have a hand in the coup, at least, no details were let on. And what does their new isolationist policies have for the rest of Sirius? Less trade? Closed borders?

The Nomads, lets not forget our lovable huggable alien caretakers. Those new gates scare the hell out of me, and the City in Newcastle? I expect that thing to fire up again and change the whole Bretonian House in an instant.

Think for a moment! Edge World Nomads can get to Kusari quite fast now. The Omega gate Nomads and Wild can get to Bretonian and Rheinland space very fast. Lets not forget Alaska and Minor being very close to Liberty too. Forget House Wars, they're building infrastructure to cut of the lines between all the Houses, isolating them.

Another theory, does the Nomads have access to the Gallian government? Think about it, if the Gallians time their attack, or even the Nomads to coincide with each other somewhat, all the Houses, including Gallia are in massive trouble.

This isn't war, this is outright extermination.

Sorry, after spending so much time cooking up theories in my Order RP for Trent, I kind of looked very far into the future of things and got paranoid.

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[Ceoran]

I think the Tau developments are good, but might have been phased in at a steady pace, rather than the bulk change that's happening. Life in Bretonia is really going to get interesting.

I'm not at all bothered about the Liberty-Rheinland war. It's not something any of my characters get involved in.

I agree, it is kind of a rush into it. But I can also see the problems with moving into it slowly. It might seem like nothing would happen to some places and make them pretty boring. Presenting it as a bulk has the advantage of having something new no matter which part of Sirius you are playing in. Having the GRN just invading Languedoc and starting to invade Orkney would have done almost nothing to the rest of the game. Most people would have probably not even noticed it since noone was there at all.

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[atlantis2112]

I voted against Gallia being implemented in the first place, that Liberty would start to gain the upper hand in the war, and I'm more interested in the Outcast vs Corsair war. They've been going at that since Vanilla without change..

[Cawdor]

Sorry, after spending so much time cooking up theories in my Order RP for Trent, I kind of looked very far into the future of things and got paranoid.

I enjoyed reading your speculations.

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[Ceoran]

What of Kusari? With the coup at the highest levels, I expect to see a lot of dissent and splinter groups forming, and not only that, if things get too far, a bigger civil war. One that the Blood Dragons and GC would gladly jump in on. Although I am dissapointed that the Blood Dragons didn't directly have a hand in the coup, at least, no details were let on. And what does their new isolationist policies have for the rest of Sirius? Less trade? Closed borders?

Unlikely. It was in the Council of the Rising Suns already and the current consensus is that the old Emperor and the new Shogun will have to arrange each other somehow to avoid a civil war which would doom Kusari. No matter if the Shogun is supported by Kishiro or Samura, both sides still do concern very much about the good of Kusari.

for the isolationist stuff... well, I guess it basically means to concentrate on the inner policies instead of external stuff again (Which is ironically exactly the attitude of vanilla-Samura though, and not Kishiro).

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[Fletcher]

I enjoyed reading your speculations.

Glad to hear it.:)

Unlikely. It was in the Council of the Rising Suns already and the current consensus is that the old Emperor and the new Shogun will have to arrange each other somehow to avoid a civil war which would doom Kusari. No matter if the Shogun is supported by Kishiro or Samura, both sides still do concern very much about the good of Kusari.

for the isolationist stuff... well, I guess it basically means to concentrate on the inner policies instead of external stuff again (Which is ironically exactly the attitude of vanilla-Samura though, and not Kishiro).

Hmm I see your reasoning there, it all hangs in the public and military's opinion to a point. They, while servants to the Emperor, still can be decisive in times to come.

I wonder what the isolationist policies would entail. Boot the BHG bases perhaps? Or just domestic and economic terms? Who knows, I'm no politician.

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